Ning hai

Ning Hai-Class Light Cruisers were built for the Republic of China Navy  during the years of 1931 to 1935. The Ning Hai class were a compact cruiser design, with the main armament of 6x 5.5 in guns in 3 twin turrets giving each ship the same broadside as the Japanese cruiser Yūbari at around half the cost. The first of 2 was built in Japan, the second in China with Japanese assistance. 

Ning Hai-Class Light Cruisers served between the years of 1931 to 1936.

Preceded by:  Zhào Hé class

Succeeded by: N/A

Ning Hai-Class Light Cruisers Ning Hai (Chinese: 甯海) & Ping Hai (Chinese: 平海) both served as flagships of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN), with Ping Hai taking over the role from its older sister ship since April 1937. The ROCN had an ambitious plan to procure a larger and more-powerful command cruiser and then to reassign the two vessels as scouts/flagships of submarine flotillas, but the outbreak of war with Japan put an end to all related efforts. Ning Hai and Ping Hai were sunk in defense of the Kiangyin Fortress, Yangtze River, near Nanking by Japanese aircraft (of which the two ships shot down four) on 23 September 1937, but then refloated by the Japanese.